On 4 Sep, Andrew John Savory wrote:
Again, edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file. The CD line should be something like: deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r3 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20010427)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
I think using apt-cdrom is a better idea. Remove all the cdrom lines, do an apt-get update ; apt-get clean, then apt-cdrom add them one at a time and it should work again.
3)dselect is all very well but I would prefer a nice way to group say all X Packages together. Perhaps I'm missing something.
Tasks often do this for you. eg task-gnome-desktop, task-games.
Tasks are being rewritten in the next release, I think.
Ok, if you need more up-to-date software, grab the source from the testing archive and build it locally. Gives you the benefit of latest software on a rock-solid platform. Try: apt-get -b source antiword (assuming you've added the deb-src lines to sources.list)
... and have task-debian-devel or whatever it is installed. More on this at Syleham.